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+shellgopher
+===========
+
+shell script based gopher server
+
+invocation
++------------------------------------------------------------+
+| # sh shellgopher.sh                                        |
++------------------------------------------------------------+
+
+testing
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+| $ lynx gopher://localhost                                  |
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